Urola

The Urola is a river and valley in Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. The river is handiest 55 kilometres in duration, and runs from headwaters in the Aizkorri Mountains, near the city of Legazpi to its outflow into the Cantabrian Sea on the city of Zumaia on the Bay of Biscay. It paperwork the border among the municipalities of Zumarraga and Urretxu, and similarly downriver, it passes through the cities of Azkoitia and Azpeitia.

The word urola comes from two basque words Ur and Ola, that means "water" and "factory" respectively relating to the water mills which have stood within the valley for the reason that Middle Ages. River is a herbal flowing watercourse, commonly freshwater, flowing in the direction of an ocean, sea, lake or some other river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry on the end of its course with out attaining every other body of water. Small rivers may be cited the use of names including circulation, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill.